Buckeye Awards Season and the Coaching Carousel

Buckeye Awards Season and the Coaching Carousel

From Silver Bullets Podcast by Michael Citro & Chip Minnich

December 16, 2025 · 50 min · Episode 213

About this episode

The episode discusses the Buckeye players' awards and the coaching changes in college football.

With a lull between Ohio State games, we look at all the various trophies and awards Buckeye players piled up with their performances throughout the 2025 season. We dive into the various All-Big Ten teams as well. Who was deserving? Who got snubbed? How the hell did Julian Sayin end up fourth on the Heisman list with numbers comparable to or better than the winner (even in the head-to-head meeting)? And furthermore, how did a receiver win the Biletnikoff Award without even winning the award for being the best receiver in his conference? That’s another snub for Jeremiah Smith (and an egregious one — I didn’t see Makai Lemon’s name in the top 10 in Heisman Trophy voting). Following our walk through the postseason awards, we turned our attention to the coaching carousel. Former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles only worked at Penn State for one season and is now headed to Tennessee. It’s a bit ironic that his last outing before being hired by Tennessee was to give up 500+ yards to Greg Schiano’s Rutgers Scarlet Knights. After all, Schiano was supposed to become the Vols’ head coach until the fanbase pushed back hard against the choice. Mike Jacobs, who played for Ohio…

Topics covered

  • Buckeye Awards
  • Coaching Carousel
  • Heisman Trophy
  • All-Big Ten teams

Keywords

  • Ohio State
  • Julian Sayin
  • Jeremiah Smith
  • Jim Knowles
  • Toledo

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Heisman, the Biletnikoff Award, Heisman Trophy

Places: the Buckeye State, Rocky Top, Ohio

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